Active heat gaps and unresolved sanitation calls inside, paired with heavy food-establishment activity on the surrounding block.
This six-unit Bed-Stuy rental sits over ground-floor commercial space on Ralph Avenue. While the overall complaint history inside is manageable, active operational issues and nearby commercial venting demand a closer look. Three things to know:
Heat service shows recurring building-wide interruptions. Five complaints for heat and hot water have been logged over the past two years, covering both winter cold snaps and off-season months. The most recent complaint was marked open in August 2026 for the entire building.
Ground-floor food operations generate steady commercial activity. Within three blocks, neighbors filed 54 food-establishment complaints over the last 12 months, running through August 2026. Commercial kitchen venting and food prep odors often travel up shared risers and lightwells in mixed-use structures like this.
Trash storage and open code compliance remain active issues. An open complaint from August 22, 2026, flags garbage and recycling storage issues, alongside a Class B open violation for yard egress. Previous calls have also raised pest and rodent concerns in the building.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
217 Ralph Avenue is a 6-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3015040003). This building is associated with Powdar, Leon S. Brix tracks 1 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1910, this mixed-use building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 23 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about heat/hot water.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed August 22, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on June 12, 2013 for $512,789.3, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 35/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 4L at 217 Ralph Avenue has no open violations (9 past violations).
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Unit 3RAA at 217 Ralph Avenue has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 2L at 217 Ralph Avenue has no open violations (26 past violations).
Unit 2R at 217 Ralph Avenue has no open violations (6 past violations).
Unit 3-L at 217 Ralph Avenue has no open violations (5 past violations).
Unit 3-R at 217 Ralph Avenue has no open violations (32 past violations).
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